Sign or advertising device.



110.778.3071 v 'PATENTED DB0.27,1904.'

H. o. COULTAUS.

SIGN OR ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented December 2'7, 1904.

HENRY c. OOULTAUS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

S I GN on ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPEGIFIGATIONfOrming part of Letters Patent No. 773,307, dated December27, 1904,. 7'

To all whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, HENRY O. OoUL'rAUs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Signs or-AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to movable signs or advertising devices,and it is especially adapted for use. in cars, omnibuses, boats, andother conveyances.

One object of my invention is to provide means by which a very slightvibration or jar to the supportof the movable device will cause saiddevice to move, and thus attract attention to it.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby such movabledevice mayoscillate in arcs, so that if said device represents a movablepart of a picture, for example, said part may be moved in a natural andeasy manner.

My invention consists 1n certain features,

parts, and combinations of parts hereinafter" described and shown.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of oneembodiment of my invention as applied to a concave surface on which is apicture of the head and shoul-. ders of a man, the movable device beingthe representation of a mans hand holding a bottle and supported to oneside of the other part of the picture. the movable part shown in Fig. 1detached, but with the upper part of the representation of the bottlebroken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the supporting andmovable parts of the apparatus, but showing the invention as applied toa plane surface and the plane support being broken away.

Similar numbers represent like parts in all the figures.

1 is the movable device, shown in the drawings as the representation ofa mans hand holding abottle. Said device 1 is secured to the upper endof a spring, preferably a bowspring 2, as at 3'. This spring 2 ispreferably bowed in the direction in which it is desired to yield, sothat the weight of the part 1 will tend to contract the spring 2 whenthe Fig. 2 is a rear view of Application filed May 26', 1904.. SerialNo. 2093 10.

lower end 4 is secured to a support. Every pointof the spring beyond itsfixed point will be at a less distance from the device 1 than is itsfixed point from said device, and therefore the farther away that thedevice 1 from said fixed point is secured the greater will be themovement of said device. I have shown in Fig.1 the lower end 1 ofthespring' secured to a concave support 5, on which is the picture 6 ofthe head and shoulders of a man, with said end in such a position thatthe hand of the movable part 1 will have the appearance of the hand ofthe representation and with the spring 2 bowed outward from saidrepresentation and with the connection 3 beyond avertical line thatwould pass through the supporting end 4 of the spring.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 1 that v the spring 2' and its twoconnections 3 and 4. between the movable part 1 and the support 6 areall out of sight and covered by said part -1,'and I prefer to soconstruct the apparatus,

as such' construction will not detract from the natural completedpicture even when the part 1 moves. i

7 is a strip, preferably of pliable metal, that is secured to the lowerend 4 of the spring 2 and by means of which said spring may be attachedto a card or other support having the fixed representation thereon, andthe strip 7 may be secured to said support by being passed through aslit in the support by being .bent double and then flattened out againon the backof the support and secured thereon by a strip 8 of flexiblematerial, gummed or pasted to the back ofsaid support, as shown in Fig.3, the support 9 inthis figure being planeinstead of concave.

Any movements of the part 1 from the vibration of the spring will be inarcs or substantially in arcs from the fixed point of the spring, whereit is secured to its support, and when made and arranged as shown inFig. 1 the first tendency of the part 1 to move will be in'the directionaway from the picture 6, 9

the gravity of the part 1 causing this movement. The resilience of thespring 2 will cause the part 1 to return to its normal position, andprobably a little beyond the same. A slight vibration or jar of thesupport 5 or 9 will cause the part 1 to swing or move back and forthsubstantially in arcs, and the hand with the bottle (see Fig. 1) willappear to move naturally back and forth as if it were a human handforming part of the picture 6 supporting the bottle. When the support isconcave, as shown in Fig. 1, the way that most advertising-cards areused in conveyances. the best results can be attained by concaving themoving part 1 to correspond or approximately correspond with theconcavity of the support.

A very important feature of my invention is that when it is held in aconveyance the movement of the movable part will be in the direction ofthat of the conveyance. The movable part will oscillate just as well onacurved as on a straight surface, although this Would not be the case ifthe movements of the moving part were up and down and such a curvedsurface as is shown in Fig. 1 were used.

Any representation or picture may be didided into fixed and movableparts, so thatthe .movable parts will constitute complements of theentire representation and move in a manner natural to the original ofwhat the picture represents.

1 do not limit myself to the precise construction described and shown,as many changes other than those suggested may be made without departingfrom the main principles of my invention or sacrificing its chiefadvantages.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a support, of an advertising device and avibratory spring fixed at one end on said support and having saidadvertising device secured on its free end, every point of said springbeyond its fixed end being at a less distance from said free end than issaid fixed end.

2. The combination with a support, of an advertising device and avibratory bow-spring fixed at one end on said support and having saidadvertising device secured on its free end, every point of said springbeyond its fixed end being at a less distance from said free end than issaid fixed end.

3. A sign or advertising device consisting of a fixed part of a pictureor representation, a movable part of said picture or representation, aspring fixed at one end and supporting the movable part of the pictureor representation, and every point of said spring beyond its fixed endbeing at a less distance from its free end than is said fixed end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY (J. COULTAUS.

Vitnesses:

ISABEL Gr. BLACK, ADDIsON GARDNER.

